Insights

Qantas can't afford to underestimate the possibility Virgin's backers will fund losses indefinitely to destroy Qantas' domestic dominance and undermine even a skeleton international network.

Shares in iProperty Group has rallied to a record high during lunch time trade on hopes that the Asian property website operator will follow REA Group's stellar path to success.

Car sales may reduce this quarter's household consumption print, but that's no reason for concern unless the conditions dragging them down morph into something more.

The Clean Energy Regulator has just updated the targets for the small-scale renewable energy scheme. This roughly works out to 710 MW in photovoltaic projects, 18 per cent lower than last year. So far the market appears to have taken the news in its stride.

An apparent strategic Cabinet leak, citing fresh analysis of the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target, has recommended the scheme be abolished. But that analysis remains suspiciously locked up.

This year's small-scale renewable energy target crucially sees the scheme's contribution to electricity costs reduced again, but it will also result in lower solar sales for the segment.

The F1 season isn't just a race between the giants of the automotive world but also an important testing ground for the likes of BlackBerry and Microsoft.

In the past couple of weeks we've seen some positive news and data that indicate the economy could be on the up.

Local bourse falls as global markets await repercussions from Crimea secession vote.

Chief executive says shareholder returns in focus when debt eases to $US25bn.

Group named preferred tenderer for Transurban's $3bn motorway project.

One-off support for pilot large-scale solar projects is a far more efficient way of supporting the realisation of Australia's emissions reduction targets than continuing subsidies for small-scale distributed generation.

A change of minister is among the factors weighing on Victoria's energy efficiency certificates, while potential certificate creation rule changes dominated trading for NSW ESCs.

The Productivity Commission's damning infrastructure assessment shows ubiquitous inefficiencies and policy failures that will reverberate for decades. They can't be allowed to continue.

The stakeholders planning the cities of the future must incorporate the wisdom of ordinary citizens if they are to succeed.

Alibaba's forthcoming IPO will be the largest seen in the US since Facebook listed in 2012. The company's profitability and growth rate have already set investors' pulses racing, so what's the catch?